Courts345th District Court
345th District Court
District Court · Travis County
Judge Jan Soifer has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 17,162 of 31,473 filings since 1983 — and more than half of it arrives from Travis County. 9,925 attorneys have appeared here.
The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Filings by year2026 is partial
3 thin leading years (19 filings between them) trimmed from the chart, as on the coverage pages; the last column is a partial year.
Attorneys who appear most in this court9,925 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Mary SanchezAustinCivil6432Kenneth Ray OdenAustinCivil5693Sharon Coffee BaxterRound RockCivil1854Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil1525Jason Robert NassourWest Lake HillsCivil1326Amy Reilly SallustiAddisonCivil1307Robb William ShepherdAustinCivil1278Donald D. DegrasseHoustonCivil1209Karen Kocks EvertsonAustinCivil11210Harvey M. AllenRound RockCivil109Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.
Elections2 races · 2 cycles · official canvass
CandidateVotesShare
2024
2020
Texas judges are elected in partisan races; a governor’s appointee fills a vacancy only until the next general election. Results are the Secretary of State’s official canvass.
Last refreshed September 23, 2026